{"id":195375,"date":"2024-08-29T00:22:36","date_gmt":"2024-08-29T05:22:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2024\/08\/fusions-new-hero-the-liquid-metal-that-beats-the-heat"},"modified":"2024-08-29T00:22:36","modified_gmt":"2024-08-29T05:22:36","slug":"fusions-new-hero-the-liquid-metal-that-beats-the-heat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2024\/08\/fusions-new-hero-the-liquid-metal-that-beats-the-heat","title":{"rendered":"Fusion\u2019s New Hero: The Liquid Metal That Beats the Heat"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"display: block; margin: 0 auto; width: 100%; aspect-ratio: 4\/3; object-fit: contain;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nTwwzcniaXg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope;\n   picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Scientists at the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory are pioneering the use of liquid lithium in spherical tokamaks to enhance fusion performance.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Recent computer simulations suggest the optimal placement of lithium vapor to protect the tokamak\u2019s interior from intense plasma heat. Innovative configurations, such as the lithium \u201ccave\u201d and porous plasma-facing walls, aim to simplify the design and improve heat dissipation, contributing to the future of fusion energy.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Inside the next generation of <a href=\"https:\/\/scitechdaily.com\/science-made-simple-fusion-nuclear-science-and-technology\/\">fusion<\/a> vessels known as spherical tokamaks, scientists at the <a href=\"https:\/\/scitechdaily.com\/tag\/doe\/\">U.S. Department of Energy\u2019s<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/scitechdaily.com\/tag\/princeton-plasma-physics-laboratory\/\">Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL)<\/a> envisioned a hot region with flowing liquid metal that is reminiscent of a subterranean cave. Researchers say evaporating liquid metal could protect the inside of the <a href=\"https:\/\/scitechdaily.com\/science-made-simple-what-is-a-tokamak\/\">tokamak<\/a> from the intense heat of the <a href=\"https:\/\/scitechdaily.com\/science-made-simple-what-is-plasma\/\">plasma<\/a>. It\u2019s an idea that dates back several decades and is tied to one of the Lab\u2019s strengths: working with liquid metals.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Scientists at the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory are pioneering the use of liquid lithium in spherical tokamaks to enhance fusion performance. Recent computer simulations suggest the optimal placement of lithium vapor to protect the tokamak\u2019s interior from intense plasma heat. Innovative configurations, such as the lithium \u201ccave\u201d and porous plasma-facing walls, aim to simplify the [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":662,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1523,873],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-195375","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-computing","category-nuclear-energy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/195375","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/662"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=195375"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/195375\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=195375"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=195375"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=195375"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}